#956F2F#956F2F

#956F2F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.094 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956F2F
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 47)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 68.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 8.12, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 41.20, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0199 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.094 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5931, 17.9650, 5.1771)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956F2F #2F5595

analogous

#953C2F #956F2F #88952F

triadic

#956F2F #2F956F #6F2F95

tetradic

#956F2F #2F953C #2F5595 #952F88

square

#956F2F #2F953C #2F5595 #952F88

split-complementary

#956F2F #2F8895 #3C2F95

monochromatic

#382A12 #664C20 #956F2F #C2913F #D1AC6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#956F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#956F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956F2F

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956F2F	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.094 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8986a',
    500: '#956f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956f2f;
$custom-light: #b8986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.647,
    "s": 52.041,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56725,
    "c": 0.09398,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956F2F

secondary

#6786B8

accent

#82DB4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956F2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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